Blog Archive: June 2026
4 articles published in June 2026.
Everything Voltrus published in June 2026 — "BACnet Explorer vs YABE: The Native macOS YABE Alternative", "Serial Terminal vs PuTTY/minicom: Native Mac Serial Without X11", "BLE Inspector vs nRF Connect: Native macOS BLE Scanner Without iOS". Practical guides and comparisons for engineers working with industrial automation tools, from protocol explorers to SCADA and HMI.
BACnet Explorer vs YABE: The Native macOS YABE Alternative
YABE is the free default — and a Windows .NET app that breaks on Apple Silicon and fails BACnet/IP discovery. Here is the honest feature-by-feature comparison and why a native $29.99 YABE alternative wins for Mac commissioning.
Read articleSerial Terminal vs PuTTY/minicom: Native Mac Serial Without X11
PuTTY is Windows-only. On macOS it needs XQuartz + Homebrew. Serial Terminal is native with hex view, data logging, protocol analysis — no X11, no Homebrew. $9.99 one-time.
Read articleBLE Inspector vs nRF Connect: Native macOS BLE Scanner Without iOS
nRF Connect is iOS-first — no macOS desktop app. BLE Inspector is native macOS with advertising monitor, GATT browser, RSSI logging — no iPhone needed. $9.99 one-time.
Read articleMQTT Explorer vs MQTT Explorer: Native Mac MQTT Without Electron
The Electron MQTT Explorer costs 300MB RAM and 10s to launch. Native MacTools MQTT Explorer is Apple Silicon, <50MB RAM, instant, with a built-in broker. $14.99 one-time.
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